Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain crash, Mar 22, 2001, Orl...
Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain accident on March 22, 2001 near Orléans-Loiret, Loiret, France with no fatalities. Cause: The crew had not removed the...
- Date: March 22, 2001
- Aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain
- Location: Orléans-Loiret, Loiret, France
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The crew had not removed the flight control locking device before takeoff, and the lack of precise crew resource management procedures allowed this to go unnoticed.
A Tulip Air Piper Chieftain on a charter from Orleans was taking off on runway 23 at Orleans-Saint Denis de l'Hotel when the co-pilot could not rotate. He aborted the takeoff but the wet runway did not allow the aircraft to stop, and the nose gear collapsed on the grass beyond the runway end. There were no fatalities.